Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-06-20

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
847 head
▼ 188 vs last sale 1,035▲ 447 vs year ago 400 · +111.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 214▼ 32 vs year ago 205 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and feeder bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher, and feeder heifers unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $222.36/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$222.36
121 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.80
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2414227.3894141
Medium and Large 1509220.541,12372
Medium and Large 3419213.018928thin
One grade step is worth $14.37/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale121 hd
222.36
—
GA average16 barns · 1,593 hd
215.56
+6.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,671119.421,9968thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413112.291,5866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,222102.081,24731
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05387.1091722

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370282.44/cwt277.00–285.001,0453
Steers—Medium and Large 1419278.50/cwt278.00–280.001,1674
Steers—Medium and Large 2446260.99/cwt260.00–265.001,1645
Steers—Medium and Large 1487271.34/cwt270.00–280.001,32121
Steers—Medium and Large 1507264.62/cwt260.00–268.001,34213
Steers—Medium and Large 3520243.60/cwt240.00–245.001,2677
Steers—Medium and Large 2540249.46/cwt248.00–257.001,3476
Steers—Medium and Large 2578242.09/cwt238.00–245.001,39911
Steers—Medium and Large 3585223.66/cwt223.00–227.001,3086
Steers—Medium and Large 1627233.57/cwt232.00–242.001,4648
Steers—Medium and Large 2628230.61/cwt230.00–231.001,44810
Steers—Medium and Large 2720204.93/cwt200.00–210.001,4752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339235.92/cwt235.00–237.0080010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360247.40/cwt247.00–248.008915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360221.50/cwt218.00–225.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373237.04/cwt232.00–240.008847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422231.31/cwt230.00–234.009766
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425213.50/cwt210.00–217.009074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435224.76/cwt224.00–227.0097816
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465203.54/cwt200.00–207.009462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466223.11/cwt220.00–226.001,04021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478213.61/cwt212.00–214.001,0215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522217.81/cwt215.00–222.001,13725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540213.33/cwt212.00–214.001,1523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628209.93/cwt202.00–212.001,31813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668197.06/cwt192.00–202.001,3162
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318290.04/cwt285.00–295.009222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380275.90/cwt274.00–280.001,04811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425268.46/cwt265.00–272.001,1412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425253.33/cwt250.00–260.001,0773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456259.98/cwt252.00–262.001,1865
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475248.02/cwt246.00–250.001,1782
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475234.49/cwt234.00–235.001,1142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506230.37/cwt230.00–232.001,16611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572222.40/cwt220.00–225.001,27210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625211.02/cwt209.00–215.001,3194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,656117.38/cwt114.00–121.001,9445
Bulls——1,697122.82/cwt122.00–125.002,0843
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01380.60/cwt79.00–82.008162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05686.59/cwt84.00–91.0091417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06294.34/cwt93.00–96.001,0023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14793.75/cwt90.00–96.001,0758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198101.48/cwt97.00–105.001,21614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326110.41/cwt106.00–115.001,4649
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392117.22/cwt114.00–121.001,6323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433107.36/cwt105.00–111.001,5383

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.